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uconnric said:
I'd personally love to shove it up BC's ass, but Fenway is a terrible venue for the game otherwise. Small, uncomfortable, no parking, etc. This would end up being an ND home game for its Boston area alums and subway alums.
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This is a terrific point, which questions the reality of this rumor. If the 40k Rent is too small for ND, then a 35k Fenway is as well. It would have to be Gillette.

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bigeastconf said:
We meed to boost our OCC schedule, I say go for it, we would have Michigan in 2013, ND in 2014 and Tenn in 2015, those are quality teams.
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Exactly. This is the reason we upgraded. To play these teams. Not for home and homes against Buffalo. This is a no-brainer for us.

That being said, I don't know why ND would want to play in Fenway, unless maybe to further seal themselves as a staple in Boston sports. I would think they'd prefer a larger venue, although I guess Fenway would have some cache as a sports mecca of sorts
 
It may be smaller, but they can charge astronomical prices, and if it a home game, they'll control most of the gate. Plus it'll be a huge attention spectacle at Fenway, more so than the Razor.

PS I'm in no matter what.
 
At some point it's not the size of the stadium, it's the spectacle of the event.

Fenway Park.
Notre Dame.

against UConn.

Bright lights, big city. Politicos out glad handing. Celebs out to see and be see. Passion of New England.

It's the tmz-uk daily mail- radar online way.

A little perturbed that it leaked, most likely from the Red Sox side. But that also implies a story big enough for the globe to feature, which is free publicity.
 
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Sure, I'd do the game. But I'd be less enthusiastic than playing at the meadowlands or the razor because as a ND home game in a 37k seat stadium, very few of us will end up being able to go.

Oh -- and whenever you play a one-off road game, of course it serves to reduce your home games because it's one game that you're playing away without getting a home game back.
 
Just read the Day article.

Looks like it leaked from UConn sources. Two of them.

Arghhh.

Why leak now?
 
uconnric said:
This would end up being an ND home game for its subway alums.
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Now that's just a cheap shot. Im sure there are plenty of ND alums who got jobs far better than Subway (sandwich artist), after graduation. Maybe not many.....but some.
Look at Mike Golic- He's on the radio !!! ;)
 
Someone actually posted a complaint that the seats would be uncomfortable? Wow.

If it's an ND home game and UConn get's 5K ticket allotment, do it.
If it's a neutral site game and both teams split the gate, do it.
If it's a UConn home game and ND get's 5K ticket allotment, do it.
In other words, if this is real (which I'm still very skeptical about), do it.
 
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I would love and by love I mean fecunditying love this but Notre Dame already has 11 games scheduled for 2014 and with their move to the ACC and football stipulations of at least 5 games against ACC opponents I don't understand how this is going to work...........Excerpt below from fbschedules.com

Whatever it takes though make this work........Push it back a year or whatever just make it happen....

2014
Notre Dame has 11 games scheduled in 2014, and two of those are against ACC teams Pittsburgh (home) and Syracuse (at East Rutherford, NJ). With only one opening on the schedule, two other games will have to be canceled or postponed in order to add three ACC games. Games that could be targeted for cancellation/postponement include Rice, at Temple, Purdue, and Northwestern.
This scenario is, of course, dependent on if Pittsburgh and Syracuse remain on the 2014 schedule.
Tentative 2014 schedule: Rice, Michigan, Purdue, Syracuse (at NJ), Stanford, at Temple, at Arizona State, ay Navy, Pittsburgh, Northwestern, at USC.
 
Why leak now? Maybe negotiations with ND stalled, and Warde's minions figured some public pressure from ND fans around Boston / NE might push ND to continue negotiations.
 
just did a little research on how the previous ND deal fell apart. Read this. Remember it was a vocal minority on this board that swayed legislators to take the steps that led to the killing of that deal. Seems to be a big majority here so far that want this game to happen. Let's make sure we drown out the other side.
And the more I think about this the more I'm enjoying the image of BC officials spitting up their breakfast this morning.
 
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This would be awesome. The only negative would be high ticket prices and a potential lack of tickets allotted to UConn. If we could even get 10k tickets, the AD needs to use season tickets as leverage for fans looking to get seats to the game. You also have issues with tailgating, but we could get creative about that. If this happens, there are ways to get a pre-game tailgate. If rPhalen or the baseball bus set up a bus from CT to Boston, they could work with the Newton Marriott if they got a block of rooms. Set up a tailgate in the Newton Marriott parking lot (BC fans do this) and then the bus takes everyone to Fenway before the game. I know it's not optimal, but it's an option.
 
kcc1442 said:
I would love and by love I mean fecunditying love this but Notre Dame already has 11 games scheduled for 2014 and with their move to the ACC and football stipulations of at least 5 games against ACC opponents I don't understand how this is going to work...........Excerpt below from fbschedules.com

Whatever it takes though make this work........Push it back a year or whatever just make it happen....

2014
Notre Dame has 11 games scheduled in 2014, and two of those are against ACC teams Pittsburgh (home) and Syracuse (at East Rutherford, NJ). With only one opening on the schedule, two other games will have to be canceled or postponed in order to add three ACC games. Games that could be targeted for cancellation/postponement include Rice, at Temple, Purdue, and Northwestern.
This scenario is, of course, dependent on if Pittsburgh and Syracuse remain on the 2014 schedule.
Tentative 2014 schedule: Rice, Michigan, Purdue, Syracuse (at NJ), Stanford, at Temple, at Arizona State, ay Navy, Pittsburgh, Northwestern, at USC.
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Unless, of course, UConn counts as an ACC game at that point.
 
kcc1442 said:
I would love and by love I mean fecunditying love this but Notre Dame already has 11 games scheduled for 2014 and with their move to the ACC and football stipulations of at least 5 games against ACC opponents I don't understand how this is going to work...........Excerpt below from fbschedules.com

Whatever it takes though make this work........Push it back a year or whatever just make it happen....

2014
Notre Dame has 11 games scheduled in 2014, and two of those are against ACC teams Pittsburgh (home) and Syracuse (at East Rutherford, NJ). With only one opening on the schedule, two other games will have to be canceled or postponed in order to add three ACC games. Games that could be targeted for cancellation/postponement include Rice, at Temple, Purdue, and Northwestern.
This scenario is, of course, dependent on if Pittsburgh and Syracuse remain on the 2014 schedule.
Tentative 2014 schedule: Rice, Michigan, Purdue, Syracuse (at NJ), Stanford, at Temple, at Arizona State, ay Navy, Pittsburgh, Northwestern, at USC.
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Technically there is the 2 1/2 year waiting rule.. maybe Notre Dame is fine with waiting that long if it means saving themselves not only the buy out from the Big East but also two football games.
 
Well - Whatever happens, we're sure of one thing, and that makes me happy.

Warde is swinging for the fences with scheduling, as it should be.

From what Conner just put up in the courant, it looks like talks were going on for awhile but have quieted down since Notre Dame made the announcement to make the ACC their new parasitic host.

But oh - boy - would I love to match up with ND again, go 2-0 against them.

Fenway? That would be a treat. Plenty of UConn fans would gobble up tickets.
 
jrazz12 said:
It's a fantastic idea, especially if it's a ND home game and not one of ours that year. And I'm a Yankee fan
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I agree w/ everyone else, if its an ND home game lets do this!!!!!!!
 
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See ... this is all because of Geno Auriemma's Media Day comments. (smirk0
 
This game would actually make alot more sense at Yankee Stadium, but I would guess ND is already appearing at MetLife. Boston media has never been welcoming to our program, I don't think that's going to change by playing this game in Fenway.
 
Bob Ryan isn't at the Globe anymore and with newspapers shriveling up and dying left and right, media will find what has legs to continue, and UConn football has legs. The Boston media would eat up a UConn - Notre Dame football game. Lots of new readers.
 
I think this is unlikely to happen for a few reasons, but I like the attempt. For those worried about the last attempt, a one off neutral site away game is completely different than giving away multiple home games as part of a long term contract.

As for why this was leaked now, UConn AD wants some good pub for trying now.that the deal has likely collapsed. Why?

Because ND does need to add ACC games and we are as of this moment not in the ACC.

Boston is not NYC, ND plays there quite a bit and can play there anytime they want against BC and fill the place with ND fans. No need to waste a home game there.

Fenway is way too small. It makes sense Fenway would want us instead of BC. We would travel better to Boston, if you get my drift. But, why would ND play Fenway when they could just as easily fill Gillette. ND satellite campus, BC wouldn't want us there but they wouldn't to give up a future home game, either.

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TouchdownHusky said:
Don't understand the anomosity toward Krafts. Were it not for him "playing Hartford" against Massachusetts, UConn probably would have been dead in the water in its effort to go D1. The on-campus stadium concept was dead and it looked bad for the Huskies. The proposed Patriots Stadium (which would have give Uconn a suitable venue) kept the idea alive long enough for the Rentschler Field site to be made available. That bridge was IMO the much needed break to buy UConn planners the time needed to get their act together. Without it we'd be boasting on another win at Maine rather than Maryland.
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or..... Not having an off sight option could of forced the issue of having an on campus stadium. I must admit I was quite envious of Maryland once I saw their set up down there, it was outstanding.
 
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